Here’s the first trailer for the next movie set in the X-Men universe, The New Mutants, which apparently will not include the name X-Men anywhere in the title. It is unclear if it will have any direct connection to the previous films (a James McAvoy cameo as Professor X was rumoured at one point) but it mostly focuses on new characters played by Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Alice Braga, Charlie Heaton, Henry Zaga and Blu Hunt. Directed by Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars), the movie seems to have a darker tone than the previous X-Men movies and revolves around five young mutants who are being held against their will in a secret facility where they are being experimented on. The New Mutants hits theatres on April 13th. Check out the trailer after the jump and see what you think.

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Nick Poliskey

That looks absolutely terrible

Jameson

I’m all for superhero movies experimenting with genre, but if you take the name away this just looks like a garbage horror film.

1138sw

Wow that looks so baaaaaaaddd! Looks like a show that should be on Fox’s primetime schedule instead of being released as a movie.

Can Fox let go of the X-men franchise now and give it back to Marvel. I would like to see a real X-men movie,

Larry Morgan

I refuse to watch this solely on how annoyed I was by Alice Braga in I Am Legend.

ReelJunkie

It does look a bit like a generic horror film BUT I’m all for bringing twist to the superhero genre which by now has gotten a bit formulaic.

I think it looks fun. I’m in, and have no issue with them leaving the “X-Men” out of the title. Can’t quite tell with your editorializing whether you are being sarcastic or not and think it should be there or not. I think if it was X-men: The New Mutants we would see much different critical reception (unfortunately). Hope this has a nice $20M opening weekend and is a modest hit and encourages more tweaks on the typical hero film.